Dave Nordstrand: Parrots gone wild

9:18 PM,
Oct. 19, 2012

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Each time I gaze into the tip-tops of those towering palms rooted between the Rec Center and the Steinbeck Library, I'm reminded of some of the stranger creatures ever to visit Salinas.

They were a noisy and demanding bunch, who flew clad in gold and feathery green, much like Rio's "Carnival."

People had noticed the unusually brightly colored birds. Turned out they were parrots gone wild and also a bit daffy. The real kind of parrot, too, like you might glimpse in the South American jungle canopies. This was 20 or so years ago, and I wrote a story about them. ...